Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
April 17, 2019
Submitted
May 28, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N58243
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft serial
410934D
Aircraft time
25,535 hours, 17,113 cycles
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Engine time
21,408 hours, 22,672 cycles
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
23053176
Part serial
FF44542
Condition
Stuck
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

PILOT PERFORMED ENGINE POWER ASSURANCE CHECK AT 80% TQ AND 2,000 FT AGL AND REPORTED A +1* ON THE POWER CHECK WHICH WAS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE POWER CHECK TAKEN THE DAY PRIOR (+30). UPON LANDING, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE CALLED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BLEED VALVE WAS STUCK CAUSING THE ENGINE TO RUN HOT AND ALSO THE DIAPHRAGM WAS TORN. BLEED VALVE HAD 768.0 TSO.